The West as America

The West as America Reinterpreting Images of the Frontier, 1820-1920

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Publisher's Synopsis

With a text as fascinating as the beautifully reproduced illustrations (221 in b&w, 109 in color), this welcome volume reveals how the record of conquest was revised by artists to correspond to a national ideology favoring westward expansion, by building into their images of the expanding frontier a relentless optimism. 9<3/4>x9<3/4>". Annotation c

Book information

ISBN: 9781560980230
Publisher: Published for the National Museum of American Art by the Smithsonian Institution Press
Imprint: Published for the National Museum of American Art by the Smithsonian Institution Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 978.02074753
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 389
Weight: 1975g
Height: 200mm
Width: 200mm
Spine width: 38mm